Module:

The Reading Blues: Strategies to Help Upper-Elementary Students Move From Struggle to Success

Initial Thoughts

In the challenge you just heard, you learned that some elementary aged children might experience difficulty with reading. Because some students exhibit such poor reading skills, it seems likely that their reading difficulties will extend into late elementary school and even into adulthood. Is there any way to help these students?

If you were given the job of teaching an upper elementary level class and you had struggling readers, what instructional strategies would you use (distinct from the regular reading lessons) to ensure that your struggling readers would make gains in their reading, too?

Jot down your initial thoughts about the challenge.